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India's renewable energy capacity reaches 168.96 GW: Union Minister R.K. Singh

  • IBEF
  • March 22, 2023

India's total installed renewable energy capacity touched 168.96-gigawatt (GW) mark by February, 2023-end.

Mr. R.K. Singh, Union Minister for Power, New and Renewable Energy, out of the total 168.96 GW, 64.38 GW is solar power capability, 51.79 GW is hydropower, 42.02 GW is wind power, and 10.77 GW is biopower.

He further informed that another 82.62 GW of green energy capacity is being implemented and that 40.89 GW of capacity is in different stages of tendering.

A total of 316,754.86 million units (MU) of electricity was produced from renewable sources during the present fiscal year 2022–23 (up until January, 2023). As on February 28, 2023, India’s total power generation capacity was at 412.21 GW.

By 2030, the government wants to build 500 GW of non-fossil energy-related electricity capacity.

Disclaimer: This information has been collected through secondary research and IBEF is not responsible for any errors in the same.

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